Heirloom (Noun);
Something of special value handed down from one generation to another.
The Heirloom Network, powered by Provident1898
Heirloom (noun)
a precious possession passed down through generations within a family.
About The Heirloom Network
The Heirloom Network is the premium membership tier at Provident1898 designed exclusively for women founders, innovators, and business leaders.
We operate out of the historic, tower-standing headquarters of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the first Black-owned enterprise in America to reach a billion dollars in total insurance in force.
Anchored by the legacy of Viola G. Turner, who joined North Carolina Mutual in 1924.
With our holistic model, we honor the whole woman behind the business pairing practical guidance with personal wellness, advising, and intentional spaces for connection. Through monthly gatherings, curated resources, and a community that understands the cultural realities of women in business, we help our members build not only profitable companies but also sustainable lives.
When you join Provident1898 under the Heirloom Membership, you aren’t just joining a desk; you are anchoring your business within a proven blueprint for institutional growth.
Meet Viola.
Financial Vice President
Viola Turner went from Macon, Georgia to the boardroom of NC Mutual Life Insurance, becoming the company’s first woman financial vice president. A Morris Brown College graduate, left a legacy that transformed American finance. Turner retired in 1965 after reshaping what was possible for Black women in leadership & finance.
As an Heirloom, she reminds that:
Our success is not individual. It is collective. It is generational. It is an heirloom passed down, waiting to be honored.
About The Heirloom Network
The Heirloom Network is the premium membership tier at Provident1898 designed exclusively for women founders, innovators, and business leaders.
We operate out of the historic, tower-standing headquarters of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the first Black-owned enterprise in America to reach a billion dollars in total insurance in force.
Anchored by the legacy of Viola G. Turner, who joined North Carolina Mutual in 1924.
With our holistic model, we honor the whole woman behind the business pairing practical guidance with personal wellness, advising, and intentional spaces for connection. Through monthly gatherings, curated resources, and a community that understands the cultural realities of women in business, we help our members build not only profitable companies but also sustainable lives.
When you join Provident1898 under the Heirloom Membership, you aren’t just joining a desk; you are anchoring your business within a proven blueprint for institutional growth.
Meet Viola.
Financial Vice President
Viola Turner (1900–1988)
In 1924, Viola Turner walked into Durham’s North Carolina Mutual headquarters. Four decades later, she was managing a multi-million-dollar portfolio as the first woman on their board of directors.
She proved that long term success isn’t built on individual grind but institutional strategy. The Heirloom Network exists to teach you that strategy.
As an heirloom, her legacy reminds us:
Our success is not individual. It is collective. It is generational. It is an inheritance. Waiting to be honored.
The Turner Method
Strategic Stewardship
We teach you how to analyze your business metrics like a fund manager. You will learn to optimize your cash flow, allocate resources for sustainable scale, and transition from a stressed operator to a strategic executive.
Visibility
We move you past the noise of social media algorithms and into high-leverage authority positioning. Learn how to package your intellectual property, command industry spaces, and put your business on the radar of investors and institutional buyers.
Institutional Literacy
We break down the invisible barriers to enterprise growth. Through this pillar, you gain the tactical playbooks needed to secure corporate contracts, position your company for institutional partnerships, and master procurement processes that change your revenue baseline.
Collective Infrastructure
We operationalize the peer network. This isn’t generic networking; it is a structured commerce ecosystem. Members of The Heirloom Network intentionally trade resources, form strategic alliances, share insider market intelligence, and actively patronize one another’s enterprises to build collective economic resilience.
Industry Leaders. Your Advisors.
Your
Membership
As an Heirloom Member, you gather in the literal rooms where Turner brokered enterprise deals to study her exact playbook and apply it directly to your current business model.
Membership Includes
Limited scholarships available at time of purchase.- 24/7 access to Historic Provident1898
- The Heirloom Business Assessment
- 1-on-1 Sessions with Network Advisors
- Access to Monthly Strategic Gatherings
Begin Your Heirloom Advising Journey.
Your first session is designed to help us understand where you are, review your Abaca Assessment results, and establish a clear baseline for your advising experience. Please complete your purchase and Abaca Assessment before booking.
Upcoming Events
Right Place, Right Time.
The moments that matter are waiting for you. Join us at our upcoming events and make lasting connections.
Founders Financial Edit: The Language and Fluency of Your Personal Capital
Date: September 16th, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Provident1898 411 W. Chapel Hill Street C2 Durham, NC 27701
EVENT DETAILS
Running a business is only one part of your financial life. There is also the household, debt, caregiving, risk, family responsibility, and the wealth you are working to build. The Founder’s Financial Edit is a working session for entrepreneurial women ready to see those pieces as one connected system.
Led by Leah Wyatt, who spent twenty years building financial strategy for institutions managing hundreds of millions before applying that same discipline to eliminate more than $200,000 of her own debt, this session explores the language of personal capital what you have, what you carry, and how you direct it.
Together, we’ll build greater financial fluency, examine the choices and tradeoffs shaping our lives, and move toward a more intentional, values-aligned way of managing personal capital.
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